Physical Design Lead – Custom Silicon Management

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Salary

$172K-$306K not verified - source not recorded; timestamp not recorded

401(k) match

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Market context

U.S. role benchmark (BLS OEWS)

$106,409 U.S. median for this role

Projected growth (BLS Employment Projections)

+7.7% - Faster than average

124% above the BLS role benchmark for finance aggregate.

Matched to SOC 13-2011 - Finance aggregate by role bucket.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS, May 2024 and Employment Projections, 2024-2034.

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About this role

Physical Design Lead – Custom Silicon Management Austin, United States of America Are you a leader and want to apply your engineering background to make big things happen? Can you influence, connect, get results and communicate effectively? Can you deliver on a predictable and dynamic schedule? The Custom Silicon Management Group provides critical custom silicon for all mobile products including iPhone, iPad, iPod, and AppleTV. We have an extraordinary opportunity for senior level engineers to drive and lead technical engagements between Apple and silicon suppliers working on groundbreaking technologies. We are looking for a remarkable Physical Design Lead to work with a highly hardworking Custom Silicon team at Apple to design and develop innovative chips for the coolest products. This position focuses specifically on supporting Physical Design and related activities for the chips. You will have the opportunity to integrate and come-up with new insights, as well as work with vendors to promote efficiency in the Silicon community and ensure high quality of the chips. Audit vendor PD flows and methodologies for any holes and set up issues. Suggest improvements to their methodology to optimize it to obtain the best QoR for Apple chips. Work closely with the internal teams like systems and program management to ensure that the vendor PD implementation team is meeting the design goals. Work closely with specialists from other teams like the packaging, process etc. to resolve any issues in the project which are in an area closely related to PD. Conduct periodic design reviews

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